Rules to Better Open Source Software|e891760a-47e8-4275-9532-d2909bd9dcfd

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Posted at
14/12/2016 5:49 AM by
Tiago Araujo

Rule Intro

It is important that users of your open source contributions are aware if you are maintaining them and keeping them up to date.​

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Figure: Good Example - It is clear that the project is not going to be updated, and where to go for the most recent version. The description starts with "Retired" , and the readme very clearly indicates that the project has been replaced with a newer version and where to get it

Figure: Good Example - one off repos. For repositories just created to share code with students, it should be clear that the code will not be updated and maintained, and reference the course associated with its creation

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Acknowledgements

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Nothing great is easy. The SSW rules are a great resource for developers all around the world.
However it’s hard to keep rules current and correct. If you spot a rule that is out of date, please email or if you are cool tweet me,or one of the people in above acknowledgements.